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Box Score 2 Oglesby, IL: Harper won in 3 sets against St. Ambrose JV, then won in 4 sets against Illinois Valley. 0
Harper College is currently ranked #8 in the NJCAA National Poll, down from #4 last week.
D3 #8 Harper College defeated St. Ambrose JV 25-10, 25-8, 25-20
In the first set, Harper took an early 4-1 lead, then extended to 8-2 and 13-4 before St. Ambrose called timeout. Harper went on to win 25-10.
Rugile Jaciunas (/Wheeling H.S.) had 3 kills on 4 attempts and Vicky Gorny and
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) each added 3 kills.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) had 10 assists. Libero
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) lead Harper with 6 digs.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) was 10-10 serving with 2 aces.
In the second set, Harper jumped out ahead again 5-2, and then 13-4 again when St. Ambrose called another timeout. Harper went on to win 25-8. Natalie Smiech had 4 kills in a row in thei set to lead Harper. Vicky Gorny added 3 kills and 2 blocks.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) had 11 assists in this set.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) led Harper again with 8 digs.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) was 7-7 serving with an ace.
In the third set, there were ties at 2-2 and 9-9, before Harper took a 14-9 lead and a St. Ambrose timeout. One wonders what St. Ambrose talks about in those huddles, or if they just needed a mental break. Harper extended the lead on
Natalia Smiech's (/Dundee-Crown) serves to 21-13 before winning 25-20. Vicky Gorny this set had 4 kills and a block while setter
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) had 12 assists and a kill of her own. Vicky Gorny led Harper with 5 digs.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) was 9-9 serving with 2 aces.
D3 #8 Harper College defeated Illinois Valley 25-16, 25-21, 24-26, 25-22
In the first set, Harper took a 7-2 lead and then 10-3 while playing on a cylinders. But, Illinois Valley caught up at 10-10 with their own stellar play while Harper airmailed a couple hits into the stratosphere. Harper got grounded again and took a 16-10 lead, and then a 25-16 win.
Rugile Jaciunas (/Wheeling H.S.) led Harper with 5 kills.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) led Harper with 7 digs.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) had 6 digs.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) was 9-9 serving.
Daniela Pineda (/Buffalo Grove) was 7-7 serving with an ace.
In the second set, Harper fell behind 1-6, and 3-7, but closed the gap to 8-10, and tied the score at 12-12, but promptly missed the next serve. The scores were tied again at 13-13, 16-16 and 17-17, before Harper took a slim but important 20-17 lead before winning 25-21.
Rugile Jaciunas (/Wheeling H.S.),
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown),
Patricia Wadas (/Hoffman Estates) and
Katie Hofmann (/Elk Grove) each had 4 kills…
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) had 10 assists, and
Taylor Pfaller (/St. Viator) had 8 assists. Wow… 18 kills in one set. Illinois Valley was not giving anything up.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) hed Harper with 7 digs, again.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) added 6 digs.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) was 7-7 serving.
In the third set, all seemed well as Harper lead early 8-4 and then 16-10. But Illinois Valley, playing well closed the gap to 20-19 and then 23-23, before defeated Harper 24-26Vicky Gorny had 6 kills on 8 attacks.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) had 5 assists, and
Taylor Pfaller (/St. Viator) had 7 assists.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) was 6-6 serving with an ace.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) was 6-6 serving with 2 aces.
The fourth set became a barnburner with Illinois Valley's newfound confidence… scores were knotted at 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6… 16-16, 17-17, 19-19 and 21-21 before Harper eeked out a 25-22 win. Vicky Gorny had 5 more kills for a seemingly effortless match-high 16 kills.
Rugile Jaciunas (/Wheeling H.S.) finished with 14 kills for the match.
Daniela Pineda (/Buffalo Grove) had 7 digs, for a match total of 14 digs.
Jules Carusiello (/Hersey H.S.) added 6 more digs for a match high 23 digs.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) had 6 digs, for 18 digs in the match.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) finished with 16 digs for the match.
Alyssa Rodda (/Barrington) was 6-6 serving, finishing the match with a very healthy 25-25 serving.
Natalia Smiech (/Dundee-Crown) was 7-7 serving finishing the match 19-21 with 4 aces.
Harper's next match is Tuesday, October 12, at Harper College against conference and region foe, Joliet Jr. College. On Thursday, Harper travels to Joliet Jr. College for another important conference and region match.
